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Cabinet - Sources

Cabinet for Ferdinand II of Tyrol, c. 1582
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Colantonio, St Jerome in his Study (1444)
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Towers of the Orders before Merton
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Christopher Wren's (1632-1723) plate
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Cantino world map, 1502
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Saami woman
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Val and Ken Wyatt
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Key innovation: the escapement
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Instrumenti eiusdem ut Altitudinibus Capiendis
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Poster "Educate the children to work"
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John Danvers' plate
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French invasion of Italy, 1494
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Naming plants
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Seal of Cyrus I
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Picture postcards
Ancient Egyptian scarab beetles (c. 3100–525 BC)
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Title page (vol. 1)
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The Swedish Empire, 1560-1815
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Woman and child
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Selden End, 1634-7
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Vannuccio Biringuccio, Pirotechnia (1540)
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Epitaph of Apis bull
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Article by Edward B. Tylor, ‘On the Totem-Post from the Haida Village of Masset...’ (1899)
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Houses and totem poles in Masset (glass negative)
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